ϩⲁϭⲉ
Coptic
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editA compound, ultimately from Egyptian ḥꜢq (“to capture”). Perhaps an early borrowing from Proto-Semitic *lqḥ (“to take”) through metathesis, compare Hebrew לקח (lakákh).[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editϩⲁϭⲉ • (hace) m (plural ϩⲁϭⲉ (hace))
References
edit- ^ Carsten Peust (1999) Egyptian Phonology: An Introduction to the Phonology of a Dead Language, page 108
Further reading
edit- Crum, Walter E. (1939) A Coptic Dictionary[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 744